The same treachery was used to all the rest; and all in
one instant, in several places of the ship, were lashed fast in irons,
and betrayed to slavery. That great design over, they set all hands to
work to hoist sail; and with as treacherous as fair a wind they made
from the shore with this innocent and glorious prize, who thought of
nothing less than such an entertainment.
Some have commended this act, as brave in the captain; but I will
spare my sense of it, and leave it to my reader to judge as he
pleases. It may be easily guessed in what manner the prince resented
this indignity, who may be best resembled to a lion taken in a toil;
so he raged, so he struggled for liberty, but all in vain: and they
had so wisely managed his fetters that he could not use a hand in
his defense to quit himself of a life that would by no means endure
slavery; nor could he move from the place where he was tied to any
solid part of the ship against which he might have beat his head,
and have finished his disgrace that way. So that being deprived of all
other means, he resolved to perish for want of food; and pleased at
last with that thought, and toiled and tired by rage and
indignation, he laid himself down, and sullenly resolved upon dying,
and refused all things that were brought him.
This did not a little vex the captain, and the more so because he
found almost all of 'em of the same humor; so that the loss of so many
brave slaves, so tall and goodly to behold, would have been very
considerable.
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